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The multi-award winning Asus EEE PC 1215N small laptop represents the ideal balance between a laptop and netbook.
As such the internal hardware components are equivalent to those inside a regular laptop, while mainating a degree of portability with its lightness and 12.1 inch WXGA Screen
Slightly pricier than a normal 10.1″ netbook, like the Samsung NC110 and the Toshiba NB505 lets have a look where you are spending the extra money:
- Processor
- Operating System
- RAM Memory
- 12.1″ Screen
The Processor Chip is the higher end D525 Intel Atom, which you could say is the equivalent to the Nvidia Tegra 2 in terms of power.
The Hard Drive is 250GB, PLUS Asus also offer free 1 year complimentary Cloud Space of 500GB. They can offer this because, If you become a regular storage user, then close to the year end, you would probably have to renew and pay, because your data will need storing somewhere anyway.
ASUS 1215N-PU27-SL 12.1-Inch Netbook (Silver)
If you dont use it, Asus havent lost out on much by introducing the offer.
The Operating system is Home Premium Starter, not a massive step up from Home Standard unless you are continuously taking your netbook to work, and plugging into the Network their.
The 2GB DDR3 Memory as standard is a welcome boost. Far too many small laptops and netbooks are being supplied with a standard 1GB, without room to expand. At 2GB the memory is sufficient for pretty much the life of the machine.
Finally the Glare-type 12.1″ screen maxes at 1366 x 768 16:9 resolution on a LED-bright Glare-type screen making the viewing experience of the NVIDIA ION Graphics chipset a better combination than many.
You get both HDMI and VGA connection as part of the interface set. Two USB 3.0 and a handy 1 USB which works as a charger, EVEN if the device is turned off. USB 3.0 enables data transfer at 10 times the speed of USB 2.0, so thats 4GB a second in theory !!
NB. This option is valid from October 2011, so if you purchase an older version it will only have 3 times USB 2.0 -without 3.0 capability and without charger USB.
Upto 7 hours battery is not bad considering the higher spec, though a drawback is the rather tame 0.3MP camera which works ok for video conferencing and it seems thats its main use. Lets look at the full specs;
Specifications
Processor Intel® Atom™ ND25 1.8Ghz + ION2
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
RAM: 2GB DDR3 (max)
Storage: 250GB Hard Disk Drive(7200 rpm S-ATA) (Free 1 yr 500GB Asus WebStorage)
Display: 12.1” WXVGA (1366 x 768), Non-Gloss, LED Back Light
Graphics: Nvidia ION
Camera: 0.3M Pixels
6 Cell Battery – 7 Hours (under certain confirgurations)
Interface
2 x USB 3.0
1 x USB 2.0 (Charger even if netbook switched off)
1 x HDMI
1 x VGA
1 x SSD/MMC Card Reader
1 x Audio in/Audio out
Connectivity
Wireless Data Network WLAN 802.11bg/n @2.4GHz(2)
Bluetooth V3.0 High Speed
Dimensions
Dimensions: 296mm (W) 203mm (D) 38mm (H)
Weight: 1.46kg (with 6 cell battery)
Summary
At the price, you may consider buying a regular sized laptop, but then the reason you are here is you are looking for the portability of a mobile computing device, without compromising power and performance.
The Asus Eee 1215 small laptop delivers on many levels. It looks good, works fast and is future proof while being lightweight enough to carry around comfortably.
9 marks out of 10, an excellent machine for work, school or play.
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